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host: general dempsey yesterday at the pentagon. this headline -- there is this from just ramirez on our twitter page -- back to your calls. pentagon lifting the ban on women in combat. a democrat from kentucky. caller: i was watching the news yesterday, there was a lady who joined the marines in 1970, and she made it through the basics and her husband did not. she waited three years in the marines, and the marines is the hardest one there was. she said yesterday, there are as many men who cannot make it as there are women. the reason why they do not get their chance at -- 1500 have been killed in these past two wars over there. if they want to go, i see no reason for them not to go. host: thank you for the call. another part of this debate -- sexual harassment. according to dod, there were just over 3100 reports of sexual harassment in 2011, and a similar number in 2010, 3158. those figures are courtesy of d.o.t.. bill joins us from illinois, good morning to you. caller: i am a combat decorated veteran from vietnam. when i tell my
host: general dempsey yesterday at the pentagon. this headline -- there is this from just ramirez on our twitter page -- back to your calls. pentagon lifting the ban on women in combat. a democrat from kentucky. caller: i was watching the news yesterday, there was a lady who joined the marines in 1970, and she made it through the basics and her husband did not. she waited three years in the marines, and the marines is the hardest one there was. she said yesterday, there are as many men who...
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the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost of private sector health insurance has skyrocketed, so the differential between getting health insurance in the tricare system versus in the private sector has gone from 3-1 to 9-1. so the number of people eligible for tricare who participating in the system has risen from 22% to 59% as a result of basic economics. in addition, the raw numbers of claims in the tricare system has risen extensively. for example, behavioral counseling, health counseling for troops and families rose by 65%. counseling for the children of troops has risen by 85%. medical visits from ac
the tricare system is the fastest-growing part of the pentagon budget. tricare spending has risen from 18 billion in 2001 to 56 billion today. this is largely the result of wartime decisions, including expanding tricare to include national guard and reserve, which it did not before because they made up 40% of the fighting force, keeping copays and enrollment fees extremely low so that the price for troops and retirees is a tiny fraction of the private sector cost. and during this time, the cost...
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complex that military spending will be coming down as we withdraw troops from afghanistan but 55% of all pentagon spending is personnel. and until there are jobs for these folks we're not taking any folks off the payroll we're just going to bring them home from afghanistan. so the savings are going to be relatively small. guest: i have great confidence in the president's views on defense spending. i think he's going to find it difficult to cut defense spending for three reasons. one is that the defense department itself has a big health care program and it pays the prices that are mandated by the system that we have. and that's growing and becoming more expensive. it has a pension system that is way out of whack. people are capable of being military officers longer than 20 or 30-year-olds. most of your pensions are not enlisted men. most are people who work in offices who can continue working in offices and we can raise that retirement age and we don't. and finally, the military is very, very difficult to adjust. we need to spend more money in some areas and less money in others. we can talk abou
complex that military spending will be coming down as we withdraw troops from afghanistan but 55% of all pentagon spending is personnel. and until there are jobs for these folks we're not taking any folks off the payroll we're just going to bring them home from afghanistan. so the savings are going to be relatively small. guest: i have great confidence in the president's views on defense spending. i think he's going to find it difficult to cut defense spending for three reasons. one is that the...
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we should audit the pentagon. -- in and conn's budget, the pentagon's budget, tom coburn found this out, one of the great deficit hawks and waste warriors up there, he found $7 billion that could be cut from the defense budget.why? because many of feel a patriotic vote for the defense budget, the people packet full of goodies. $7 billion. it had in it $1.8 billion for a study to develop roll-up beef jerky. i'm not sure how that is keeping the russians or others at bay. they had $5 billion in there to theyy a collection of fish. said i did not understand what they were try to do, which is true. i called it a bunch of goldfish, and they were actually golden fish. there's a lot of money being wasted in a $4 trillion budget. we could go through hundreds and hundreds of programs. one more, $3 billion spent to study monkeys on meth. does anyone think that they are not just as crazy as people on meth?that is ridiculous. but it runs from top to bottom throughout the government. so the idea that we cannot cut, i think we are defeating that idea, and that is one of the great things about the sequ
we should audit the pentagon. -- in and conn's budget, the pentagon's budget, tom coburn found this out, one of the great deficit hawks and waste warriors up there, he found $7 billion that could be cut from the defense budget.why? because many of feel a patriotic vote for the defense budget, the people packet full of goodies. $7 billion. it had in it $1.8 billion for a study to develop roll-up beef jerky. i'm not sure how that is keeping the russians or others at bay. they had $5 billion in...
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the pentagon should abandon this and follow the law that was already past. i call upon all 100 senators to come together and listen to the majority leader. about theowerfully need to stand by servicemen and are tragicallyes taken. when the house passes this bill, which i am confident it will do so with considerable speed, i would call upon every senator to listen to the majority leader's call, and stand with our servicemen and women. there is something we can do today to demonstrate this party -- body does not have to be locked in bipartisan gridlock, to demonstrate that cooperation is possible and to demonstrate that our veterans are truly not the subject of partisan dispute. they are separate and deserve to be treated fairly, deserve to have the commitments we made to our veterans honored. our body can stop blocking the legislation the house of representatives have already passed -- bipartisan legislation to fund the v.a. and disability payments, so we do not hold them hostage to what is happening in washington. and accordingly, i ask unanimous proceedthat
the pentagon should abandon this and follow the law that was already past. i call upon all 100 senators to come together and listen to the majority leader. about theowerfully need to stand by servicemen and are tragicallyes taken. when the house passes this bill, which i am confident it will do so with considerable speed, i would call upon every senator to listen to the majority leader's call, and stand with our servicemen and women. there is something we can do today to demonstrate this party...
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donnelly writes about -- responding to the pentagon's decision for the band of women in combat role in 2014. another call from chris in new haven, connecticut. on the line for democrats. inler: i'd really believe the nuclear option. i believe it must be a majority vote in the senate to end the filibuster, just like we needed in thegerrymandering congressional districts. thank you for taking my call. i really think you should use , 202.mber zero oh is a letter. that will get you the operator. rather it will get you six when you dial it. host: thank you for your call. next is randy intrigue for, louisiana. port, louisiana. are all of these democrats so arrogant to think they will have the senate forever? with all of this health care debacle, they will probably lose it next time. they will be widening like little babies. thank you for calling in. another call for ross on the line for independence. good morning. this last caller, we have all of these people fighting for their positions in washington, and not option, butnuclear a lot of other issues. i think the biggest problem we face in c
donnelly writes about -- responding to the pentagon's decision for the band of women in combat role in 2014. another call from chris in new haven, connecticut. on the line for democrats. inler: i'd really believe the nuclear option. i believe it must be a majority vote in the senate to end the filibuster, just like we needed in thegerrymandering congressional districts. thank you for taking my call. i really think you should use , 202.mber zero oh is a letter. that will get you the operator....
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pentagon spending has grown very substantially over the last 10 years. my guess is that the combination of fiscal pressures and a need to create military force and ability to project american power around the world in a different way will worst some rethinking of the structure of our military. do the republicans go along with that? guest: the president seems to suggest that part of his legacy will be we did not go to war with iran. we ended two wars. he managed to not get involved with iran. he hinted that that was the legacy he wants. that we would stop the violence from happening without going in. that is one area that is a point of controversy with republicans. host: do his picks for the secretariat of defense statement that? guest: both will be confirmed. kerry is someone who the senators approve of more than secretary rice, who is controversial. senator kerry is much beloved by everyone on capitol hill. john mccain said he would endorse him. that will go through without controversy. both of these men will be confirmed easily. people think the secret
pentagon spending has grown very substantially over the last 10 years. my guess is that the combination of fiscal pressures and a need to create military force and ability to project american power around the world in a different way will worst some rethinking of the structure of our military. do the republicans go along with that? guest: the president seems to suggest that part of his legacy will be we did not go to war with iran. we ended two wars. he managed to not get involved with iran. he...
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the white house and pentagon still investigating. and they are doing their own separate investigation. we will do ours and make certain we get to the bottom of the spirit and host: when will you put all your findings? guest: it will be a number of months. i just happened to see it back in june when i traveled last time to afghanistan. my staff was aware of it a few months before. we just started the investigation. the original purpose was going to be a command headquarters for an army division. apparently it was going to be a joint command headquarters. if you actually go in to see the computer room -- they did a separate computer room. we think it may have been a joint operation. that quickly changed. it is just left there now to sit. host: which company built it? was a we believed it british company, the best- constructed building i have seen in afghanistan. thatnd a lot of buildings are falling down. buildings that will electrocute students. buildings where the roofs fall down. we usually find a lot of shoddy construction, horribl
the white house and pentagon still investigating. and they are doing their own separate investigation. we will do ours and make certain we get to the bottom of the spirit and host: when will you put all your findings? guest: it will be a number of months. i just happened to see it back in june when i traveled last time to afghanistan. my staff was aware of it a few months before. we just started the investigation. the original purpose was going to be a command headquarters for an army division....
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"the pentagon prepares for the worst in syria." can you tell us more about this? , there is reald concern about the possible spillover effect. this is something we have worried about now for some time. you see the huge number of refugees that have come into jordan, into lebanon, into turkey. more than a million and a half. the real concern is that what is happening in syria may ultimately destabilize the government in amman. that is what has led to the discussion of a possible buffer zone. there are other ways to approach this, though. creating a humanitarian corridor is something that could help address this. but first and foremost, i think a point that there is no talk of sending an american troops in to see her yet and putting american troops of boots the ground in syria. allies inmething our the region must step up and take the lead on. host: and "the wall street journal" be ported that this plan, buffering the border, to minimize direct u.s. involvement. guest: it is important for several reasons. obviously because in this country there is a war weariness. ab
"the pentagon prepares for the worst in syria." can you tell us more about this? , there is reald concern about the possible spillover effect. this is something we have worried about now for some time. you see the huge number of refugees that have come into jordan, into lebanon, into turkey. more than a million and a half. the real concern is that what is happening in syria may ultimately destabilize the government in amman. that is what has led to the discussion of a possible buffer...
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the pentagon uploaded it last week. he talks about the nsa spying and gives a preview of what he might say at today's hearing, this afternoon and 1:30 p.m. eastern time at the house intelligence committee. live coverage on c-span3. john, canton, ohio, republican caller. caller: good morning good i agree with the independent caller, his statement about the trust could we can't trust our government. we are having issues here, whether the examples of benghazi or we haven't gotten answers about that come up fast and furious, how about the irs? i was looking at google earth and they are showing my house, bike inrty, my kids' the front yard, my garage door open. i don't understand why we need that kind of surveillance on this. we are distrustful of the government right now, and we know that something is going on, and we know that we are paying for it and we're getting angry. people have been asleep for years are starting to wake up and realize that there's something going on. that is my statement for today. hollywood,a, flori
the pentagon uploaded it last week. he talks about the nsa spying and gives a preview of what he might say at today's hearing, this afternoon and 1:30 p.m. eastern time at the house intelligence committee. live coverage on c-span3. john, canton, ohio, republican caller. caller: good morning good i agree with the independent caller, his statement about the trust could we can't trust our government. we are having issues here, whether the examples of benghazi or we haven't gotten answers about...
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for you, the front page of the washington times, nomination of chuck hagel, a republican, to head the pentagon. that's where the confirmation hearings will take place, before the senate armed services committee. the "washington times notes that several other republicans on the committee which will hold the hearings as already indicated they intend to -- have already indicated they intend to vote against chuck hagel. and regarding john kerry, swift boat veterans for troop helped to sink john kerry's bid for the white house years ago, but the group has decided it will not try to torpedo his nomination to head up the state department. today's's a story in new york times opinion pages. chuck hagel under attack again, a story about his service in vietnam, something that many of you might know about -- might not know about. the soldier was on fire, yet he instinctively reached for the unconscious 19-year-old gun runner caught in the burning steel cage and rescued him. the story goes on to say that it was the brother of chuck hagel. the two of them serve side-by- side in a unit of 12 at times because
for you, the front page of the washington times, nomination of chuck hagel, a republican, to head the pentagon. that's where the confirmation hearings will take place, before the senate armed services committee. the "washington times notes that several other republicans on the committee which will hold the hearings as already indicated they intend to -- have already indicated they intend to vote against chuck hagel. and regarding john kerry, swift boat veterans for troop helped to sink...
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in buffalo, already the pentagon has said it is not going to go forward with an expansion of the niagara falls research station. there could also be cut at fort drum, the most major military establishment in the state. all of this will take time. it will not all happen today. host: as a person based in washington, d.c., have you been able to talk to the delegation about the impact of what is your reaction if you have a chance to do so? guest: of course, i have. the reaction is very much split along party lines, as are these calls. when you talk to democrats, they are aghast that this is going forward, these cuts, which were really intended to never happened, really are going forward. they blame republicans for, once again, refusing any kind of new revenues. if you talk to republicans, you get a very different story. ok, this is going to happen, this is what we wanted. we wanted the budget to be cut in a substantive way, and that is what is happening here. what the republicans say -- what you are hearing out of the white house is really nothing more than scare tactics at this point in tim
in buffalo, already the pentagon has said it is not going to go forward with an expansion of the niagara falls research station. there could also be cut at fort drum, the most major military establishment in the state. all of this will take time. it will not all happen today. host: as a person based in washington, d.c., have you been able to talk to the delegation about the impact of what is your reaction if you have a chance to do so? guest: of course, i have. the reaction is very much split...
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the pentagon has made a policy decision that excludes them from active service, even when the pay our military act authorizes active duty orders. suggest the pentagon's motivation or the peer the policy they published is out of date with the realities of our nation's defense needs. thetration grows amongst reserve component population that they are unable to fulfill their missing -- mission. in the last 12 years, the reserve and guard has been mobilized more than 883,000 times. 330,000 of them more than once. these men and women also responded to help fellow citizens through ecological disasters such as hurricanes, flooding, and oil spill. 50,000 reserve and guardsmen are activated, taking the same risks as active-duty service members. after returning from war or arester, they see they again being overlooked, making them feel they are second flat -- second class warriors. this federal government shutdown proves to them they are right. not likely they will be able to make up lost training , unlike theome furloughed civilian employees who will likely get retro pay. our military readines
the pentagon has made a policy decision that excludes them from active service, even when the pay our military act authorizes active duty orders. suggest the pentagon's motivation or the peer the policy they published is out of date with the realities of our nation's defense needs. thetration grows amongst reserve component population that they are unable to fulfill their missing -- mission. in the last 12 years, the reserve and guard has been mobilized more than 883,000 times. 330,000 of them...
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host: we have seen the pentagon call back most of their furloughed workers. the intelligence community is bringing back many of their furloughed workers. you see othero furloughed workers being brought back? problems -- was there were problems with the chicken that was being served. if you have ever had food poisoning, you will know. ofre are huge numbers workers still out of work. .pa my republican colleagues say they are concerned about the debt and the deficit. part of the way we push those numbers down is that we get receipts from the irs. nine percent of them are furloughed. there are a number of things we are contributing to uncertainty and the debt and the deficit. it would seem to me that perhaps we could get together and reopen the government with no conditions about reopening -- ending the affordable care act. host: we are getting ready to hear from treasury secretary jack lew. prioritization of the debt. i want to get your thoughts on whether it is possible to prioritize our debt. a poorsome say that is way of managing our nation's finances. chinaa
host: we have seen the pentagon call back most of their furloughed workers. the intelligence community is bringing back many of their furloughed workers. you see othero furloughed workers being brought back? problems -- was there were problems with the chicken that was being served. if you have ever had food poisoning, you will know. ofre are huge numbers workers still out of work. .pa my republican colleagues say they are concerned about the debt and the deficit. part of the way we push those...
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now, leaders are saying they are ok with pentagon cuts. host: we have been asking people, as you know, what is the most important question on your mind for washington right now. what is your message to washington? what is most important? caller: from listening for a few minutes, the gentleman from gallup is totally off. i do not know where they get their information. the general public, i think, is very interested in gun control. i am for the second amendment. i think people can get around controls. also, infrastructure in the united states is very important for the average person. if we are going to give money to other countries, about giving us half of what we are going to give them? instead of $100 million to some country for some sewage system, how about $50 million? how about cutting everybody's money we are going to give them in half, and put the money into this country? host: thank you. next is a call from new mexico. what is your most important issue? caller: a lot of these issues are important and have been looming in washington f
now, leaders are saying they are ok with pentagon cuts. host: we have been asking people, as you know, what is the most important question on your mind for washington right now. what is your message to washington? what is most important? caller: from listening for a few minutes, the gentleman from gallup is totally off. i do not know where they get their information. the general public, i think, is very interested in gun control. i am for the second amendment. i think people can get around...
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from therked all over pentagon all the way to down here in georgia. what i find, people are very hard workers. there is no doubt in my mind. maybe five percent of people don't have full-time jobs. the reality is, they are very hard workers, we are very patriotic. we are also very educated workers. the private sector, what we have to offer, the american public not getting their money's worth. andwaste is an paperwork the red tape that we have in government. if we can illuminate -- eliminate some of that waste, we can not have the cuts in my opinion. host: here is another perspective on the sequester story, front page of the "washington post" -- washington pays about 10% of the budget -- host: you can see a picture of a freshman in high school looking at what is happening in montana. another story addresses this issue in "usa today" -- is a region this reporter is looking at and showing there is an impact in terms of cuts in staffing. let's hear from new mexico, our independent line. caller: good morning. complaint or problem with this whole situation i
from therked all over pentagon all the way to down here in georgia. what i find, people are very hard workers. there is no doubt in my mind. maybe five percent of people don't have full-time jobs. the reality is, they are very hard workers, we are very patriotic. we are also very educated workers. the private sector, what we have to offer, the american public not getting their money's worth. andwaste is an paperwork the red tape that we have in government. if we can illuminate -- eliminate some...
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. >> at the pentagon, the head of the u.s. >> good morning. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here this morning. this is his third time here in the briefing room. he would make brief opening remarks and then open the floor to questions. please help him out by mentioning your name in who you are with. >> good morning. thank you for taking a few minutes to spend the day. i know there is a lot going on in the world. with theo spend time pay, responsibility, that is really good for me. since our last time together, a lot has happened in the pacific area. we had a significant provocation by north korea. a provocation got a lot of attention and has since calmed down. it is just be seen where the next ups will be by north korea. for all of her allies in the secretary hagel provided a good review of the rebalance. -- we had a secure dialogue with china. we do that annually. we also continue to move forward in the asia-pacific with the rebalance effort. the men and women of the pay continue to defend u.s. interests. you should be proud of them. if you get a chance t
. >> at the pentagon, the head of the u.s. >> good morning. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here this morning. this is his third time here in the briefing room. he would make brief opening remarks and then open the floor to questions. please help him out by mentioning your name in who you are with. >> good morning. thank you for taking a few minutes to spend the day. i know there is a lot going on in the world. with theo spend time pay, responsibility,...
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texas, aornman of motion that would essentially table the defense bill, the authorizingn bill pentagon programs and policy. you can follow the senate live on c-span 2. senate majority leader harry reid says he will push to confirm only the first four of 10 nominees on who has filed cloture and acknowledges the remaining six have to be -- may obamao be returned to for confirmation next year. the deputy homeland security secretary, the internal revenue service, a district judge in florida, and janet yellen to head the federal reserve. the boats could last until saturday evening -- the boats couldlast -- the votes last until saturday evening. >> c-span's student cam competition wants to know what's the most important issue congress should address next year. make a video and include c-span programming for your chance to win the grand prize of $5,000 with $100,000 in total prizes. the deadline is january. everyone's soul sister. everyone felt they knew her. and they did because she laid her life out for everybody to see. she told us about what life was like in suburbia for women in 1960 thr
texas, aornman of motion that would essentially table the defense bill, the authorizingn bill pentagon programs and policy. you can follow the senate live on c-span 2. senate majority leader harry reid says he will push to confirm only the first four of 10 nominees on who has filed cloture and acknowledges the remaining six have to be -- may obamao be returned to for confirmation next year. the deputy homeland security secretary, the internal revenue service, a district judge in florida, and...
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they are part of our family, they're part of our pentagon family. and i thank them from the bottom of their heart -- of my heart for their sacrifice and for their dedication. over the last 19 months i've had the privilege of working with many of you and meeting many of you. i've had the great honor of being able to go out and greature troops on the battle front -- greet the troops in the battle front and meet the commanders. i've come away from those experiences with the deep respect and admiration for all of the dedication and sacrifices that our country is willing to make in order to keep us all safe. every day i see the people in this department working and fighting together as one family , united behind our mission of protecting our country. i know this can be a difficult place to work. this is one big bureaucracy. it's a big building. there are a lot of obstacles. there's a lot of red tape. in building -- in a building that's this large, just finding your desk can be a challenge. i'll never forget a few month after i came into the job, i was he
they are part of our family, they're part of our pentagon family. and i thank them from the bottom of their heart -- of my heart for their sacrifice and for their dedication. over the last 19 months i've had the privilege of working with many of you and meeting many of you. i've had the great honor of being able to go out and greature troops on the battle front -- greet the troops in the battle front and meet the commanders. i've come away from those experiences with the deep respect and...
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are civilian employees of the pentagon. those are private sector jobs. 750,000 jobs and a 0.6% drag on gdp in a recovery is no small deal. wall street may not be terribly worried about debt, but regular americans who do not want to be unemployed would find a 0.6% track on gdp to be pretty significant. guest: it will have an effect on long-term unemployment insurance. there will be in effect for some people. host: our focus of the sunday morning are sequestration and the politics. our phone lines are open. dickensian -- send us an e-mail or join us on facebook or twitter. the present use sequestration as the topic of his weekly address. [video clip] thousands of teachers and educators will be laid off and parents will be scrambling to find child care for their kids. airport security will seek cutbacks, causing delays across the country. even president bush's director of the national institutes of health says these cuts will said that medical science for a generation. because have forced the navy to delay deployment of aircra
are civilian employees of the pentagon. those are private sector jobs. 750,000 jobs and a 0.6% drag on gdp in a recovery is no small deal. wall street may not be terribly worried about debt, but regular americans who do not want to be unemployed would find a 0.6% track on gdp to be pretty significant. guest: it will have an effect on long-term unemployment insurance. there will be in effect for some people. host: our focus of the sunday morning are sequestration and the politics. our phone...
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part of the pentagon budget is subject to those longer-term structural issues. i worry more about medicare and medicaid and social security than the discretionary programs because we control those annually. they are not necessarily growing automaticly as the entitlement programs do. host: a tabulation that you write in your column. the keygoing to be players in this grand bargain? there is a story from earlier in august from "the washington post" that talked about key departures of folks. there could be an impact on whether folks are willing to compromise. the grand hope for something isat going to have to happen. they cannot keep the government they cannotkeep -- overstep the deabt limit. they are going to have to arrive at some compromise. once they enter into that process, i think there is a chance they can get a acre deal rather than a smaller deal. the most immediate conflict is what you do about next year's appropriation bills? they are about $98 billion apart. that gets back to the sequestration issue. negotiation about that, it is going to require substi
part of the pentagon budget is subject to those longer-term structural issues. i worry more about medicare and medicaid and social security than the discretionary programs because we control those annually. they are not necessarily growing automaticly as the entitlement programs do. host: a tabulation that you write in your column. the keygoing to be players in this grand bargain? there is a story from earlier in august from "the washington post" that talked about key departures of...
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and we need an audit and we are calling for an audit of the pentagon. i'm going to re-introduce my bipartisan bill as a separate stand-alone effort to keep wasteful spending at the pentagon in check. the bottom line is we need to completely re-evaluate the bloated pentagon budget and scrutinize each item. there's no reason to continue spending billions on outdated weapons programs. i'm very proud to stand with my colleagues today inputting forward the balancing act which again is a commonsense approach to reducing our long-term deficit and creating an economy that works for all in a fair and balanced way. thank you again for your leadership. >> we have jim mcdermott -- and jerry nadler. >> let me start by thanking our two co-chairs. the balancing act is designed to prevent the catastrophic events of sequestration while having a long-term balance between cuts and receive news. from kids and seniors to small businesses and the military, sequestration is a disaster. its effect would be devastating to our economy and we would eliminate thousands of jobs and
and we need an audit and we are calling for an audit of the pentagon. i'm going to re-introduce my bipartisan bill as a separate stand-alone effort to keep wasteful spending at the pentagon in check. the bottom line is we need to completely re-evaluate the bloated pentagon budget and scrutinize each item. there's no reason to continue spending billions on outdated weapons programs. i'm very proud to stand with my colleagues today inputting forward the balancing act which again is a commonsense...
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live coverage from the pentagon here on c-span starts at 12:50 eastern. but before that, though, house minority leader nancy pelosi will hold her weekly briefing with reporters this afternoon. we will have live coverage of that beginning at noon eastern here on c-span. and then a little bit later this afternoon, jay carney will answer reporters' question at 1:30 eastern. we'll bring that to you here on c-span. former defense secretary leon panetta and former budget director for george w. bush, jim nussle, call on congress to address the national debt and also comment on the government shutdown. both are former chairs of the house budget committee and they're part of an event being hosted by the campaign to fix the debt. they joined -- they are joined by the heads of the hispanic chamber of commerce and the national small business association. >> president of the committee for responsible federal budget and the president of fix the debt. >> thank you. thanks so much, everybody, for joining us today. this turns out to be an incredibly well-timed conference.
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does this change in the pentagon policy? will this open up advancement opportunities for women to make higher make -- ranking officers? guest: i think it will help, and also now that women will be able to attend some of the schools, like ranger school, we hope, if they are open they will get promotion points and have positive leadership experience taking into consideration. host: kayla williams of the truman national security project and center for national policy, take you for being on "washington journal peer co. guest: it was my pleasure. in wednesday "washington examiner" who are the best and worst bosses on capital hill luke rosiak will be with us. then, ohio state university resident gordon gee on college graduation rate. you are watching "washington journal." we will be right back. ♪ >> is the best training for a policeman question mark -- policeman? >> the best training is walking the beat. i will say that until the day i die. you develop sources, use intelligence information and leverage elation ships in the commu
does this change in the pentagon policy? will this open up advancement opportunities for women to make higher make -- ranking officers? guest: i think it will help, and also now that women will be able to attend some of the schools, like ranger school, we hope, if they are open they will get promotion points and have positive leadership experience taking into consideration. host: kayla williams of the truman national security project and center for national policy, take you for being on...
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let me tell you, from my own experience -- i just had the opportunity to come from the pentagon -- a combination of the sequester and this shutdown has hurt our national defense. not only are some very important elements of our defense being 12 air force squadrons, combat squadrons of that have been grounded, half of our air force planes are not we haver combat -- ships that are not being deployed. there is maintenance that is not being done. we are virtually hollowing out our military. at the very important time when we face all kinds of threats abroad in this country. this is still a dangerous world that we live in. then the shutdown top of that, the furloughs, the impact this is having on the men and women in the defense department is inexcusable, in terms of protecting this country. america and americans when these shutdowns take place. my hope is that everyone learns the second lesson, which is that it is time for govern -- to govern, to roll up their sleeves, and to get to work. the place they should be -- they should have been weeks ago -- is in a budget conference. working on
let me tell you, from my own experience -- i just had the opportunity to come from the pentagon -- a combination of the sequester and this shutdown has hurt our national defense. not only are some very important elements of our defense being 12 air force squadrons, combat squadrons of that have been grounded, half of our air force planes are not we haver combat -- ships that are not being deployed. there is maintenance that is not being done. we are virtually hollowing out our military. at the...
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atneed to make real changes the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. ella onat are. -- twitter. i do not always agree with him but i know he would be a great president. any interest? frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can look through that report of about 100 different examples of waste and unnecessary spending by the government. ken from georgia on our line for republicans. glad tosenator coburn, see you on the program. i have seen you on the other discussingn fox, your latest addition of government waste. -- edition of government waste. as you mentioned, i was just watching a program where there is a move afoot to have an amending constitutional convention of where the states' legislatures have to put forth the idea of amending the constituti
atneed to make real changes the pentagon. you have people who are authorizing this who do not want real changes. they like the status quo. ella onat are. -- twitter. i do not always agree with him but i know he would be a great president. any interest? frustration is high enough. it is time for me to go home before i get in real trouble. i have done and been where i am going to be. host: senator coburn's fourth wastebook. you can see that on his website, coburn.senate.gov. you can look through...
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with family and other employees at the pentagon. he also spoke to a broader audience of pentagon employees and we'll show that to you in just a bit on our program schedule. he was approved yesterday by a vote of 58-41, smallest margin for defense secretary since the position was created in 1947. >> at one point, steinbeck had to write a small paragraph that said people are asking -- this is after his wife joins him in seattle. when he says we, it's elaine and john and not charlie and john. and somebody must have said, where's charlie? he disappeared. steinbeck wrote a page and a half saying people have asked what happened to charlie. when my lady friend joined me in seattle, he took his position -- he's fine, and that didn't appear in the book because what they did is editors went in and took out him from the west coast. almost 30 days of elaine's presence with john on the west coast. they weren't camping out or studying america but on a vacation. >> he contends that steinbeck took so many liberties that it can't be classified as no
with family and other employees at the pentagon. he also spoke to a broader audience of pentagon employees and we'll show that to you in just a bit on our program schedule. he was approved yesterday by a vote of 58-41, smallest margin for defense secretary since the position was created in 1947. >> at one point, steinbeck had to write a small paragraph that said people are asking -- this is after his wife joins him in seattle. when he says we, it's elaine and john and not charlie and...
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>guest: i think everyone has concerns with that and they want to make sure the pentagon and military posts have strong seasoned leadership teams. regardless of having the secretary or not having one is a portent concern. -- a point of concern. you have a good strong team that will be able to manage through this process. they have seen this coming. as you would expect the military to do, they are prepared. host: new hampshire, and the pennant caller -- caller: morning and thank you. i am so tired of the irresponsibility of the republicans. the chuck hagel thing is preposterous. how does it serve the nation to delay the president's choice? it is the first time in history that a filibuster has been used against a cabinet the sequester is the height of irresponsibility. why risk a potential double dip recession just so you can score political points? finally, you criticized the president for being out of washington and yet, -- that was and finally -- hear you are supporting a filibuster and finally, though you partly answer the question or just now, what your district and tails are large
>guest: i think everyone has concerns with that and they want to make sure the pentagon and military posts have strong seasoned leadership teams. regardless of having the secretary or not having one is a portent concern. -- a point of concern. you have a good strong team that will be able to manage through this process. they have seen this coming. as you would expect the military to do, they are prepared. host: new hampshire, and the pennant caller -- caller: morning and thank you. i am so...
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then they want to take money and give it to the pentagon. they put all of the money into these outfits, but they want to cut social security. host: john, ap reported this morning that officials decided to use the measure to prevent the pay raise for lawmakers. i want to let you know that, and also, if you are concerned about social security on the table in what is called round two after the 113th congress convenes, which happens this thursday, by the way, at noon. they will be sworn in. "washington journal" will be up there on capitol hill talking to new lawmakers. you are concerned about social security. what do you think about the president's role as a negotiator? the you trust him? caller: know. i told the president -- i called the white house and told them. so security should have nothing to do with the tax bill. why should they put social security on it? that really bothers me. yet, they went and cut food stamps for little kids. host: robert on twitter says while the debt ceiling fight in a month or two make the fiscal cliff deal a new
then they want to take money and give it to the pentagon. they put all of the money into these outfits, but they want to cut social security. host: john, ap reported this morning that officials decided to use the measure to prevent the pay raise for lawmakers. i want to let you know that, and also, if you are concerned about social security on the table in what is called round two after the 113th congress convenes, which happens this thursday, by the way, at noon. they will be sworn in....
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it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this alleged incident occurred here. the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their families -- and they expect more it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this alleged incident occurred here. the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their families -- and they expect more and deserve more. we all have to take some responsibility and i have said clearly in my statement that we will all be hold accountable -- and held accountable. i will take one more. >> he said people should feel comfortable coming forward. senator gillibarand and others said as long as commanders have control over the sexual assault cases, whether it is the convening authority or moving court cases, they won't feel comfortable. are you ready to endorse some
it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this alleged incident occurred here. the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their families -- and they expect more it is bigger than just the pentagon. we are particularly disappointed because this alleged incident occurred here. the heart and the main leadership of our institution, the men and women around the world give themselves and their...
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pentagon spending, aside from the operating costs of the two wars, has grown very substantially over the past 10 years. my guess is that the combination of fiscal pressures and a need to create a military force and ability to project american power around the world in a different way will force some rethinking over exactly the structure of our military. host: do republicans go along? with along guest: one thing was interesting in terms of foreign policy with the president said yesterday was he seemed to address that part of his legacy will be that we did not go to war with iran, that we did not decrease our military footprint outside of where we already are. instead we scale back and ended two goore's. he managed not get involved with iran despite israel. he said that is the legacy that he wants, that we would stop violence from happening without going in and stop creating our own violence in those places. so that's one area that's a point of controversy with republicans. how aggressive we get in defense of israel. host: the resources of defense secretary and secretary of state speec
pentagon spending, aside from the operating costs of the two wars, has grown very substantially over the past 10 years. my guess is that the combination of fiscal pressures and a need to create a military force and ability to project american power around the world in a different way will force some rethinking over exactly the structure of our military. host: do republicans go along? with along guest: one thing was interesting in terms of foreign policy with the president said yesterday was he...
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has shot up by a lot of people, it is a huge scandal and the pentagon is trying to suppress it. i could not -- he would not tell me who told him. i only knew him through his brother, i did not know him, but i had read all of these -- advice i give to journalists is simple -- read before you write. i had read the various books published by the american friends committee and the anti-war people who would come back from vietnam. there were worked hearings in 1968 to talk about atrocities they witnessed. i read that stuff and paid attention to it. i also knew from talking to the young generals i met at the pentagon, you meet young generals and we talk about the redskins and you get to learn that basically a lot of them thought they were in the business of mass murder. absolutely, the good ones. i knew there was something to this story, and i started working it. probably because i was bored with my book. what do you do? you are confronted with the rumor. the first thing i did is -- because i spent time at the pentagon -- we keep very good records of any criminal activity. that it was
has shot up by a lot of people, it is a huge scandal and the pentagon is trying to suppress it. i could not -- he would not tell me who told him. i only knew him through his brother, i did not know him, but i had read all of these -- advice i give to journalists is simple -- read before you write. i had read the various books published by the american friends committee and the anti-war people who would come back from vietnam. there were worked hearings in 1968 to talk about atrocities they...
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saving the pentagon from cuts. the pentagon saying we welcome it, but we are going to need more spending. ed.sachusetts, high,, caller: they need to kick that bill back. have they until they unemployment fees attached to it. there are people out here dying that they are not thinking about. and have their christmas vacation, that is nice, that is wonderful. people are trying to survive. their up and join -- enjoying their vacation. they need to kick that back and have that piece attached. also, maybe another piece attached to that bill, that allows us to impeach some senators when they are not doing anything. let me share you the opinion of the major newspapers in washington. the editorial for the washington post this morning says this -- a flawed budget deal is better than no deal at all. they are saying that it is an achievement that one exists at all. the new york times this morning, they weigh in as well saying budget is the minimalist deal. democrats reduce the sequester, but republicans are -- austerity still
saving the pentagon from cuts. the pentagon saying we welcome it, but we are going to need more spending. ed.sachusetts, high,, caller: they need to kick that bill back. have they until they unemployment fees attached to it. there are people out here dying that they are not thinking about. and have their christmas vacation, that is nice, that is wonderful. people are trying to survive. their up and join -- enjoying their vacation. they need to kick that back and have that piece attached. also,...
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and that is part of the pentagon? caller: the defense intelligence agency, we are under the dod. host: what are you hearing about your job? caller: because i am a civilian, i'm liable to be placed on furlough at least one day a week, potentially 22 days until the end of the fiscal year. unfortunately, paying my half of the rent with a roommate at $1,200 a month prior to facilities, i'm going to have many difficulties with living with another analyst, just trying to afford our rent, as well as part of any food or any other expenses. host: could you have taken a job in the private sector and made more? caller: absolutely. i got a college degree try to join the intelligence agency, because i intended to serve this country. i do not wear a uniform, but i go to work every day for the defense of this nation. host: steve, from maryland, part of the energy department. caller: i am a fairly senior person. i understand the plight of folks at lower levels. the point is i have been working for the federal government for about 32 years. i would have been fired in the first or second. if i did
and that is part of the pentagon? caller: the defense intelligence agency, we are under the dod. host: what are you hearing about your job? caller: because i am a civilian, i'm liable to be placed on furlough at least one day a week, potentially 22 days until the end of the fiscal year. unfortunately, paying my half of the rent with a roommate at $1,200 a month prior to facilities, i'm going to have many difficulties with living with another analyst, just trying to afford our rent, as well as...
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the pentagon has to scramble. it will be a big challenge. we will come back in the next couple of weeks and have longer number stations about how to get a more sensible plan in place that gets our deficit under control. host: what will happen in your district? do you seek immediate effect? guest: it is really playing out over series of months. there are furlough announcements that have gone out, but it is over the course of the next couple of months that those will begin to kick in. nobody is really sure what will happen. there will be a furor -- fewer employees in the department of defense, and tsa. there will be cuts and they will have an impact. host: "the wall street journal" has been running editorials on this issue, and a couple of days ago "the un-scary sequester" was the headline. yesterday they said even with the sequester we will spend more money this year than we did last year. guest: that is not true. we will be spending more money in the federal government, there is a difference between the discretionary portion of the budget an
the pentagon has to scramble. it will be a big challenge. we will come back in the next couple of weeks and have longer number stations about how to get a more sensible plan in place that gets our deficit under control. host: what will happen in your district? do you seek immediate effect? guest: it is really playing out over series of months. there are furlough announcements that have gone out, but it is over the course of the next couple of months that those will begin to kick in. nobody is...
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a pentagon statement that it would be an accurate to suggest that north korea has a developed and tested nuclear weapon. and in any case, he added the statement read by the member is not an intelligence community assessment. yeah, the piece is worth reading. we can form our own conclusions. but i think it is a very serious issue. regardless of who has helped them develop this capability, they have nuclear weapons at this point. they just do not have the deliverable capability. host: the senator is talking about something in the review and outlook section of the "wall street journal." u.s. officials could underestimating the nuclear threat. there are reports that former basketball player dennis rodman says he would like to go back to north korea. what is the pop-culture element of this? is there a danger? is this good for america to have a citizen going back and forth? is it bad for america? does it matter? dennisi would hope that rodman wants to go back because -- since he was over there a few weeks ago, he has learned so much about the repression, the murder, the slavery, the absolute i
a pentagon statement that it would be an accurate to suggest that north korea has a developed and tested nuclear weapon. and in any case, he added the statement read by the member is not an intelligence community assessment. yeah, the piece is worth reading. we can form our own conclusions. but i think it is a very serious issue. regardless of who has helped them develop this capability, they have nuclear weapons at this point. they just do not have the deliverable capability. host: the senator...
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is --, my question to you based on your legal analysis, but also a policy analysis, serving in the pentagon and the white house, i know that money is reprogrammed all the time. people are deemed essential all the time. not to mention that these are open air memorials that do not require much security or maintenance. on the mallewalk had a barrier that said "closed," and people were walking around, breaking the law, with no repercussions whatsoever until you got to the hamlets. why is it that the president who has the authority, who with the stroke of a pen could open these memorials, why -- this defies common sense and appears to be vindictive, petty, and small. >> white does the sunrise? i don't know the -- why does the sunrise question mark i don't know the answer. it's definitely an raging. your dad understands this. people understand this. i will leave it to you to say more. i knowustification -- what the legal justification is. the justification is, gosh darn it, we need to padlock these things to secure the property. from who? >> [indiscernible] what on earth is causing this to break
is --, my question to you based on your legal analysis, but also a policy analysis, serving in the pentagon and the white house, i know that money is reprogrammed all the time. people are deemed essential all the time. not to mention that these are open air memorials that do not require much security or maintenance. on the mallewalk had a barrier that said "closed," and people were walking around, breaking the law, with no repercussions whatsoever until you got to the hamlets. why is...
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to be fair, there's been some disagreement between the congress and the pentagon over what they do and don't have the authority to do. we passed a full military first, but it also included civilian defense workers contractors t. took them several days to figure out, hey, read the law. defense in the department should be back at work, and we had to work a little bit with them, but at came of the day they around. this is, you know, inexcusable, obviously, the families have had enough tragedy on its own. this is not something that anybody in either party, you know, would want to happen or would allow to continue, so we'll move that legislation, and, you know, strangely enough, the senate, which has said it won't do things piecemeal, i bet you it does this, just as it agreed with us on make sthuring all federal employees got back pay. harry reid picks and chooses which pieces he's willing to do when we move legislation, and, you know, there's a lot more to government that could be open today if he simple wool take up the bills that are being passed by bipartisan majority in the house and p
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that in afghanistan, but the pentagon. that was composed of u.s. marines, they wanted to fight with their own aviation assets, intelligent assets, they needed their own patch of the sandbox. instead of working to integrate them with u.s. and canadian army unit our already operating there, talk commanders in kabul as well as top officials back in the pentagon suddenly chose the path of least resistance and give them a part of afghanistan not home to a lot of people. we should have been near a key population center. civilian surge was supposed to occur in tandem with the military surge. down there in field with our combat battalions to help provide government services to help engage in basic reconstruction. the fed whether the whole notion of some national a good idea or not, it was the strategy. we were supposed to send individuals to work with our commanders. the civilian surge was about a year too late. the bulk of the people do not start flowing in until well after the first waves of military forces arrived areas the bulk of them wound up saying
that in afghanistan, but the pentagon. that was composed of u.s. marines, they wanted to fight with their own aviation assets, intelligent assets, they needed their own patch of the sandbox. instead of working to integrate them with u.s. and canadian army unit our already operating there, talk commanders in kabul as well as top officials back in the pentagon suddenly chose the path of least resistance and give them a part of afghanistan not home to a lot of people. we should have been near a...
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i know the pentagon has recalibrated that. the first line of defense is the local government. second line of defense is our resources in place. those are things we concentrated our attention on. the department of state is assigned an additional number of marines and security officers. >> that was our concern as well. the libyan militia was not sufficient. enoughnot have a high rsonnel. we did not meet the minimum standards. we did not have a contingency plan. the individuals that were there were very naked. exposed at this particular location. it was the deterioration of the numbers and the upgrades over time that did not prepare the benghazi compound. we twognificant and had or three times the number of people in place that night, i am not sure they could've done much. we lost any kind of deterrent capability so that the enemy would think twice about whether do something like that. >> the gentleman's time has expired and i think the admiral for including the portion of this that talks about if you have a strong force, you often don't get attacked and that might have been the
i know the pentagon has recalibrated that. the first line of defense is the local government. second line of defense is our resources in place. those are things we concentrated our attention on. the department of state is assigned an additional number of marines and security officers. >> that was our concern as well. the libyan militia was not sufficient. enoughnot have a high rsonnel. we did not meet the minimum standards. we did not have a contingency plan. the individuals that were...
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also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your quote "the defense department is bloated. let's look at the reality is that the defense department has gotten everything they wanted and more. we've taken priority, we've taken dollars, policies out of the state department and a number of other departments and put them over in defense. " that comment was after the sequestration. now, 18 months later if this nomination is approved it would be running and again -- where do we find those bloated things in the defense department and when will are you prioritizing? another way to ask what mrs. fisher was asking, are we going to let money drive strategy or strategy drive the money? as secretary of defense, which of those possessions are you g
also, earlier today, i asked you about the bloated pentagon. you said that -- those comments were before the sequestration bill passed. they were after the bill passed. sequestration passed on august 2 and the interview was on august 29. what you said on august 29 of -- in that "financial times" interview you said "the defense department, i think -- this is your quote "the defense department is bloated. let's look at the reality is that the defense department has gotten...
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. >> the pentagon is ordering civilian employees back to work despite the ongoing government shutdown. the decision was made based on congress signed and that provides paid to military services. -- whoseiate contribute toes capabilities and readiness of service members. putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house of vince, and offering complete gavel to gavel coverage of the house. >> if the house for the past the senate including revolution that would end -- this is 40 minutes. >> it is still morning. good morning, everyone. we have some news for you today. that is what we think we have every day. you do not always agree. today marks the fifth day of the government shutdown. this could be over in hours if the republicans would just take "yes those quote for an answer "yes" for an answer incentive being the party of "no." republicans have said no each time. two in the republican shut down 200 members have sounds their names to a letter reaffirming our commitment for a clean, continuing resolution. this is not been easy for our members. they are willing to do so. on
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piloted. .ecause the manufacturers we go outside the cia, outside the pentagon. this is part of what we have to do. this is our responsibility as citizens. we are not doing our part. [applause] >> [indiscernible] >> a month later he was leading more troops in. troops protected and --organ, chase, if someone it was that information from fortune magazine. president obama was up for reelection and they did not want to talk about it. now is the time to talk about. >> one of the important things is we have to support those in the medium. i'm talking about the agenda reports. his niece may be here. is another one you want to read. you have a sense of the analysis that the sister was talking about. yes he echo -- yes? >> i'm going to ask the naive and obvious question, and i will preface it by saying it seems to experiment american in government is a failure unless we deal with this issue. people bring an indictment against president obama, clinton, whoever else, if we cannot do this? i think we have failed on accountability. >> part of the problem is that the american
piloted. .ecause the manufacturers we go outside the cia, outside the pentagon. this is part of what we have to do. this is our responsibility as citizens. we are not doing our part. [applause] >> [indiscernible] >> a month later he was leading more troops in. troops protected and --organ, chase, if someone it was that information from fortune magazine. president obama was up for reelection and they did not want to talk about it. now is the time to talk about. >> one of the...
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i will submit one for the record about the pentagon's commitment on making sure there is no more money wasted on that structure. thank you very much. >> senator murphy. >> thank you. thank you for your focus on this issue. thank you to both of you for being here today. i recently returned from my fourth trip to afghanistan. i came back with three take -- takeaways. one, to agree in part with your assessment of our ability to stand up the afghan military that clearly made significant gains. they are able to fight on their own in many arts of the country. do not put them in the same boat as the status of the police are -- force. on the negative side, to connect one was a surprising of diversity of opinion on behalf of u.s. personnel there as to what will happen once we significantly draw down. second, the opinion that come from the taliban that they are winning the fight there today and they are optimistic about their ability to take a significant control of portions of the country once we leave. as i was there at the beginning, there was a lot of talk about this being a decisive moment
i will submit one for the record about the pentagon's commitment on making sure there is no more money wasted on that structure. thank you very much. >> senator murphy. >> thank you. thank you for your focus on this issue. thank you to both of you for being here today. i recently returned from my fourth trip to afghanistan. i came back with three take -- takeaways. one, to agree in part with your assessment of our ability to stand up the afghan military that clearly made significant...
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the pentagon, for instance, they will reduce sequester by $22 billion next year. that would have meant that the budget level that they are at this year would have been cut by an additional $22 billion. is still $30 billion lower than the budget proposed by the pentagon and by the house and at the pre-sequester spending level. so they will stop to find out how to lower spending under sequester. this will allow them to really avoid a lot of the pain in terms of types of readiness and cuts to military programs at a said would be coming in 2014 without kind of -- without some kind of deal. host: why did they go for two years? >> we have gone from crisis to crisis, all of these 11th hour deals. id if he goes through come think we really will see that go away for the next year or two. there are still some issues i will have to be dealt with. this does not address the debt ceiling, for instance. that is coming up in the spring, even if we do get this budget to past. wery october, and set of -- are always getting through cr and, if this cup pass, for the first time in a w
the pentagon, for instance, they will reduce sequester by $22 billion next year. that would have meant that the budget level that they are at this year would have been cut by an additional $22 billion. is still $30 billion lower than the budget proposed by the pentagon and by the house and at the pre-sequester spending level. so they will stop to find out how to lower spending under sequester. this will allow them to really avoid a lot of the pain in terms of types of readiness and cuts to...
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>> right now we have two avenues, we'll see what the house does and the white house and pentagon are working to see if they can do something about it without these -- >> will they be restored in the next short period? >> they'll be restored without any question. as the retired admiral, our chaplain said today, enough is nough. inaudible] >> it doesn't -- i can't dignify it with a response. >> senator reid. the president is inviting the respective party caucuses to the white house for a sit-down. should that in your mind constitute a conversation that speaker boehner insists he wants before reopening the government? >> we're going to -- i'm going to say it once again, then we'll go on to the senate floor. open the government, pay our bills. we are happy to negotiate on anything, we have given boehner what he wanted. number one, his number. we did that, it was hard to do, you've all heard me say that number two, he said he wanted a conference. we said we'll go to conference with you on anything you want, all you need to do is open the government and allow us to pay our bills. thank you
>> right now we have two avenues, we'll see what the house does and the white house and pentagon are working to see if they can do something about it without these -- >> will they be restored in the next short period? >> they'll be restored without any question. as the retired admiral, our chaplain said today, enough is nough. inaudible] >> it doesn't -- i can't dignify it with a response. >> senator reid. the president is inviting the respective party caucuses to...
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i don't think it's just about the pentagon. but the pentagon is the biggest bill payer in the sequestration. so there's a lot of attention being focused on it. host: we're talking about the bloomberg government posing new report on defense contracts spending where they found the top tender's 642012 defense contracts spending included eight democrats and two republicans. chris in jamaica, new york, independent. caller: my question concerned the outsourcing of contracts overseas. you covered how we breakdown the contracts across the united states. i was wondering what percentage of contracts are outsourced overseas? i know than it supports the economies overseas more than ours. i was just curious about that. also, you mentioned this morning about the f-35. are -- i spot the f-22 was going to be the last land jet -- manned jet aircraft moving forward. host: got it. guest: the outsourcing contracts overseas, a lot of the support for our bases overseas go to foreign companies. everything from picking up the trash at a base in german
i don't think it's just about the pentagon. but the pentagon is the biggest bill payer in the sequestration. so there's a lot of attention being focused on it. host: we're talking about the bloomberg government posing new report on defense contracts spending where they found the top tender's 642012 defense contracts spending included eight democrats and two republicans. chris in jamaica, new york, independent. caller: my question concerned the outsourcing of contracts overseas. you covered how...
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host: does r&d come from inside the pentagon? who is overseeing this new type of technology tactics that you were attacked -- that you are talking about? and if you can answer quickly because the houses coming in, but how how do they decide they will put the resources into the osprey versus something else? going toah, i'm not be able to answer that in a short amount of time, but there are different areas that do different research. you have the blue sky stuff, the farthest out timewise and intellectually. and then you have the office of naval research, which does a lot more near-term kinds of things. they try to graduate the technology from one to the other and tried to convince the services that they would take up the reins of this. a lot of times you develop military technology to a point where it works and it has been proven, but then you need a service to adopt it. a lot of time the r&d money kind of falls off, because no one wants to spend money to adopt that program and bring it into the field. an example of a program that
host: does r&d come from inside the pentagon? who is overseeing this new type of technology tactics that you were attacked -- that you are talking about? and if you can answer quickly because the houses coming in, but how how do they decide they will put the resources into the osprey versus something else? going toah, i'm not be able to answer that in a short amount of time, but there are different areas that do different research. you have the blue sky stuff, the farthest out timewise and...
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it just cut everything by the same amount as opposed to give our military leaders the pentagon to cut from unsuccessful and outdated programs and put more money into the most successful and important programs. with that said, the only thing worse than the defense cuts and sequestration is no cuts at all. if we don't have the sequestration cuts at the top line revenue level went we will increase the debt ceiling with almost nothing to show for it. part of the reasons why the house republicans this week, extended the debt cerealing for three months to feel out paul ryan and his team to draft a budget that gets us balanced in 10 years but also protects the department of defense from further cuts because they have already been cut by $500 billion. >> do you get the idea, do you get the sense that americans are tired of world business. that doing some business here at home is gaining traction with people. are they world leadership weary? is the american hour ticking to a close? >> i think there is a degree of war weariness among the american people. it is not surprising. when your commande
it just cut everything by the same amount as opposed to give our military leaders the pentagon to cut from unsuccessful and outdated programs and put more money into the most successful and important programs. with that said, the only thing worse than the defense cuts and sequestration is no cuts at all. if we don't have the sequestration cuts at the top line revenue level went we will increase the debt ceiling with almost nothing to show for it. part of the reasons why the house republicans...